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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
3
A. J. Hearn announces candidacy for county clerk subject to Republican primary. The House of Delegates announces Thomas Reed as candidate for the House of Delegates subject to Republican primary on May 31, 1902.
Gro. R. Wurrworth announces candidacy for circuit court clerk subject to the primary on May S1, 1902. Wurrworth declares commitment to public service and urges voters to support his bid.
J H Gadd announces self as Republican candidate for County Superintendent of Free Schools and seeks support from friends and the public prior to convention or primary.
County Clerk candidate Ernest W. Freeman seeks the Republican nomination for Clerk of the County Court in the upcoming May 31, 1902 primary. He campaigns on efficiency and reform.
A student preserved spiders and ants in alcohol, noting the mother's apparent death and later revival to protect her offspring. He then used chloroform before immersion. The passage shifts to unrelated ads for dry feet and cold heads, cheap shoes, and a local shoe shop listing J. L. Horton at 20 Bland Street with stock lines from Ricw Famous Julia Marlowe and Milford Shoe Company.
A four year battle with a severe leg ulcer in J B Oroer of Franklin Grove Illinois ends when Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals the wound. The ad promotes arnica for boils cuts burns and skin eruptions and advertises Fitz-You cigars and Tid-Bit brands.
The advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar for curing coughs and chest illnesses, claiming it prevents pneumonia and consumption from lingering colds. A Danville Illinois resident, N. Jackson, cites her daughter’s recovery after using the remedy, sold by G. H. Wade.
An old advertisement promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a universal remedy for piles scalds cuts burns wounds and skin diseases claiming it removes the need for operations and warns against counterfeits sold by White's Pharmacy and John L. Crockett. It also markets ONS Nerve and Bone Oil for rheumatism and injuries with a large bottle priced at 25 cents.
Washington correspondent recalls a quarrel over a prayer by Senate Chaplain Milburn asking divine favor for reporters. Gallery newspaper men and floor shorthand writers claimed the blessing was aimed at the other group, until Milburn ruled all reporters were meant. The piece notes chaplains revise prayers like speeches, recalling 1873 when Dr. Sunderland omitted Vice President Henry Wilson and reporters added a prayer for him.
Mrs. William Astor recalls a sharp retort from her coachman James after a near collision in Central Park. She questions why he should use his head, and James replies that if he had a head he would not be working for her at thirty five dollars a month.
James R. Keene walked along Broad Street near the Hanover Bank site when a loud voice shouted at him calling him a thick headed mule and asking how many times to tell him not to turn that.
In New York Times style prose a foreman bellows threats of firing up to six o’clock at a worker named Kean or Kean in an outdoor street scene. Mr Keene looks up, surprised, as the angry voice echoes from across the excavation site.
An English lord sued a parson over a land shooting incident. As the sermon began he misheard “O Lord forgive us our trespasses” as a direct address and leapt up vowing to have the parson hanged.
Dr. H Garman of the Department of Agriculture furnishes a brief life sketch. He lists key facts including birth in Stephenson County Iowa and early start in natural history, noting the request came for publication and his acknowledgement.
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